Inspiration In The Risen Woman

The purpose of this project, this work, is to produce a book that will be a compilation of stories of women who've been abused in different ways, overcome it, and grown into successful lives. The book is to encourage women and girls who are in abusive situations, or who have been, so that they can believe that it's possible to change their lives and break free from the abuse and discover their own worth.
I've spent years volunteering in women's safe houses and shelters, talking with them, working with them, and when one is in an oppressive life, it's sometimes so hard to believe that changing it and getting out is a possibility.
When a person is abused, they oftentimes begin to believe that they aren't worth anything better. My hope is to change that; to show them by the example of other women that it absolutely can be done, that they can leave a horrible life & make a new one.
I've done it myself, and what good is becoming a champion of my own life if I don't use that experience to help others do the same with theirs? How could I leave them in hell and go on with my own happiness?
Our experiences teach us so that we may teach others and better the world for our having passed through it. This book will be in shelters, counselors offices, ObGyn offices, and anywhere it's needed, I hope.
That is the aim. To teach women, to encourage them to rise up out of the ashes of their destructive lives and begin again; like a Phoenix. There is little else on this planet as resilient as a woman.